Sweden, however, were sunk by Austria's dangerous breaks as the visitors went forward at pace throughout, often throwing five or six players into counter attacks.

Austria meet Montenegro and Liechtenstein in their final two qualifying games.

In the other matches in Group G, Russia hammered Liechtenstein 7-0 to leapfrog Sweden into second place with 14 points, while Moldova were beaten 2-0 at home by Montenegro.

In Group E, San Marino scored their first away goal for 14 years but were edged out 2-1 by Lithuania and Slovenia beat Estonia 1-0 to replace them in third place, three points behind Switzerland.

Spain are on the brink of qualifying for the tournament from Group C after a lucky own goal from goalkeeper Tome Pacovski, while Belarus beat Luxembourg 2-0 and Slovakia drew 0-0 with Ukraine to keep their three-point cushion in second place.